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image: Five children are seated around a table in room lit by a large window. An elderly woman sits at the centre with
the youngest child on her lap. A large 'Spotted-Dick' pudding is placed on the table with several bowls and cutlery set around it. The
woman serves a boy on the far right who holds out a bowl for his portion.

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'Mrs Norris, of Cookham, with five of her war family of seven children from London who had by January of 1941 been with
her for sixteen months. Mrs Norris is the ideal foster-parent, and there are very many other householders like her. Over a million
children have been moved in school parties from the evacuation areas, and with such large numbers, boarding out in billets must always be
the principal means of finding homes for them. Given Mrs Norris' friendliness and care, town children readily adapt themselves to their new
surroundings.' (title from folder cover, Children in Wartime).

The Battle of Britain was a major air campaign fought over southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940. Here are 8 things you need to know about one of Britain’s most important victories of the Second World War.